[oXygen-user] Docbook 5 Author mode: way to add indexterm elements?

Sorin Ristache
Fri Jun 18 01:45:23 CDT 2010


Hello,

We just didn't implement an Insert Indexterm action yet. We will add it 
in a future version of Oxygen.


Regards,
Sorin


On 6/17/2010 11:58 PM, Robert Nagle wrote:
> I have been using Author XML for months now to  make a docbook book.
> Really loving it. It's very powerful and makes me productive.
>
> However, I am surprised to find that there's not a Docbook toolbar
> button or context menu option to create an indexterm element. An
> indexterm is necessary to build a decent index for your book.
> http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/indexterm.singular.html
>
>   usually it looks like this:<indexterm>  <primary>Abraham Lincoln
> </primary>  <secondary>Gettysburg Address</secondary>  </indexterm>
>
> I am having to drop out of Author mode into XML mode to add
> <indexterm>  every two paragraphs or so.
>
> Am I missing this feature or is it something which the developers just
> haven't gotten around to yet?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robert Nagle



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